Re: SSH Fingerprint

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On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:54:14AM +0100, "Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)" wrote:
> And there is a reason for the madness: To prevent man in the middle
> attacks. Once you've accepted the key, if it ever changes (on a
> "normal" system) that could very well indicate a man-in-the-middle
> attack.
> 

That makes sense. I guess I was confused with the term fingerprint. I
thought in the normal sense a fingerprint is unique and would never
change (thinking of human fingerprints).

Thanks for clarifying and thanks to others that replied.

Amit

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